THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawmul Jumuat. 5th day of Rabeeu ath-thaani, 1445AH (Friday, 20th October, 2023). HOW THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD sallallahu alaihi wasallam SUCCEEDED in DIFFICULT TIMES continues. BismilLah. 

AlhamdulilLah for blessing us to be among those witnessing this blessed day. Let's continue on our topic about. We want to study how the Prophet handled difficult situations. He and his companions did suffered from the kuffar. Even Madinah under his leadership was challenged by war from almost every single tribe in Arabia. He witnessed the killing of seventy of his companions among whom was his dear uncle Hamzah R.A.

Moreover, he faced a siege of ten thousand soldiers, an attack on which his whole city, where all the believers lived, was about to be destroyed.

Many of the messengers he sent to teach people Islam were killed in cold blood and he grieved for them for months, seventy of them in one incident and twelve in another.

Learning from our Messenger (PBUH),

How did the Prophet manage to face all these challenges?

How was he able to come out of them stronger and with even more influence?

And how did he develop such a community that was able to be steadfast in the face of difficult times during his life and after he died?

Below are a few simple, yet very effective, concepts that the Prophet embraced and taught his Companions.

These concepts are extremely important for us to understand and embrace. While going through the ideas below, you will realize that they are a mix of:

– Personal qualities the Prophet and his Companions displayed

– Ideas taught by the Qur’an and the words of the Prophet

– Practical actions taken by the Prophet to face difficult times

1. Know! Difficulties are inevitable tests. This is the first and the most important concept one should believe in: going through difficult times is almost inevitable.

ALLAH says "Do people think they will be left alone and they will not be tried? … (Qur'an  29:3).

When you claim to believe in ALLAH, stand for what is right, oppose what is wrong, support justice, or fight oppression, these claims will all be tested. ALLAH will show who is truthful and who is lying.

This is the tradition of those on the straight path at all times. The Prophet and his companions were asked in the Qur’an, a question that is also asked to all of us,

"Do you suppose that you will enter Paradise untouched by the suffering endured by the people who passed before you?

They were afflicted by the misery and hardship and they were so convulsed that the Messenger and the believers with him cried out: “When will ALLAH’s help arrive?”(Qur’an 2: 214). To be continued. May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.